A Surrey, B.C., crime prevention group hopes it hasn’t become a victim of the fight over the city’s policing.
The non-profit Surrey Crime Prevention Society (SCPS) runs community safety patrols, graffiti cleanup and speed watches. It says its funding has been suspended by the city this year, to the tune of $330,000.
“We didn’t have any clue that this was happening,” the society’s volunteer president Mani Fallon said, adding she learned of the funding issue through a text message. “To find out through community members that this was even on the table was quite the shock to us.”
She says funding ran out Dec. 31, 2023, so the organization has been running for a full fiscal quarter without knowing about the cut.
The organization supports upwards of 500 volunteers between the ages of 15 and 29 and was celebrating its 40th anniversary.
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